Volume 97 · 718
Public Law 98–100
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make an earlier announcement of the 1984 crop feed grain program and of the 1985 crop wheat and feed grain programs.
Approved September 29, 1983
Statutory text
An Act
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make an earlier announcement of the 1984 crop feed grain program and of the 1985 crop wheat and feed grain programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. announcement of acreage limitation and set-aside programs
Effective for the 1984 and 1985 crops of feed grains, the second sentence of section 105B(e)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by section 124(1) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, is amended to read as follows: “The Secretary shall announce any such feed grain acreage limitation program or set-aside program for the 1984 crop not later than September 30, 1983, and for the 1985 crop not later than September 30, 1984: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall have the authority to make appropriate adjustments in such announcement for the feed grain acreage limitation program or the set-aside program for the 1984 crop not later than October 30, 1983, and for the 1985 crop not later than October 30, 1984, if the Secretary determines that there has been a significant change in the total supply of feed grains since the earlier announcement.”.
Effective for the 1985 crop of wheat, the second sentence of section 107B(e)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by section 122(1) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982, is amended to read as follows: “The Secretary shall announce any such wheat acreage limitation program or set-aside program for the 1985 crop not later than July 1, 1984: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall have the authority to make appropriate adjustments in such announcement for the wheat acreage limitation program or the set-aside program for the 1985 crop not later than July 31, 1984, if the Secretary determines that there has been a significant change in the total supply of wheat since the earlier announcement.”.
Approved September 29, 1983.